Maya Plisetskaya was born on November 20, 1925 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She was an actress and writer, known for Anna Karenina (1975), Anna Karénine (1967) and Lebedinoe ozero (1957). She was previously married to Rodion Shchedrin. She died on May 2, 2015 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.